Forehead shield for beauty work



Dec. 3, 1935.

c. E. McNUTT FOREHEAD SHIELD FOR BEAUTY WORK Filed Sept. 4, 1934 [la/m6 45 G W Patented Dec. 3, 1935 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFlE 3 Claims.

' This invention relates to hair dressing accessories.

This invention has utility when incorporated in spacing means between a hairnet draw margin or band and the forehead of the wearer of such net. This spacer or forehead protector is preferably herein in the form of a pad or cushion, porous and readily conforming, in the convenient location on the face of the user, to a desired form therefor. Such end is attained hereunder with assembled strips of paper gauze, which do not smear, lint off, stain or mar, or otherwise detract from comfort, complexion, facial appearance or sought effect.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view of an embodiment of the invention hereunder in use;

Fig. 2 is a view of a roll or magazine supply of a series of forehead cushion or protector strips of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line III-III, Fig. 2, of the marginal binding, which promotes the intermediate flufling of the cushion into a soft pad;

Fig. 4 is a View of a protector strip peripherally assembled as to the plies with the crimping binding;

Fig. 5 is a multi-ply gauze paper strip having perforation binding means assembly;

Fig. 6 is a view of a peripherally bonded doubly tapered crepe paper strip;

Fig. 7 is a view of a porous non-fraying-off cushion strip unit hereunder; and

Fig. 8 is an enlarged section on the line VIII-VIII, Fig. '7.

User I with face 2 has head of hair 3 enveloped in net 4 provided with edge elastic cord or holding band 5. It is a helpful practice, as ones hair may be dressed, say for a finger wave, or other form, that the hair be laid, or maintained in the arrangement developed for a time to dry or take on a desired more or less predetermined form. Enveloping the head of hair in a net at periods of time, or for the sleeping intervals, tends to prolong the effects of attractive head dress brought about by the beauty shop artists. In some instances, as with so-called permanent waves, wetting or moistening promotes resetting of the hair, especially when assisted by a hairnet. Wearing of a hairnet for a more or less extended period of time is in order for one having concern to follow the trend of fashion and avail of personal charm to be within reach from the adornment to be given a face by ones hair. This placing of the hair within a net is for effective positioning of the hair as a portion of the make-up for the individual. This make-up may extend to face or skin treatments, or in the wide range wherein cosmetologists have operated with telling results. Thus, it follows, that the hairnet in position should properly control the hair, but not detract from the appearance of the face of the user, even as im-- mediately after removal of the net. The tightness of the band 5 for effective holding of the net, should not streak the face, or forehead Where it has been stretched. There should not be mar to any complexion make-up. There should not be scuffed-off portions therefrom to be picked out of the hair nor off the face. For effective holding of all the hair, it is usual for the band to be located on the face and may even be down from the forehead.

In carrying out the invention herein, a form found effective includes an oblong strip 6 comprising plies 1 of creped gauze tissue paper, having longitudinally thereof parallel short impresses 8 marginally therealong effective as assembly means in binding the plies into the unit strip 6. With up to seven or more of these similar plies anchored by the binding means. 8, there is cushion loosening or intermediate fluffing 9.

In practice, the strips 6 as herein disclosed are readily-conformable protectors, sanitary for single service use, located as spacer means between the band 5 and the face 2 of the user. The pressure of the band is so distributed by the pad thru its cushion area 9 that even when the net 4 is quite firmly held, there is not a local red mark or any detectable sign on the face therefrom. The cosmetologist or hair dresser or beauty shop operator may stock the protectors hereunder in rolls III, while the individual user may acquire them in packets or boxes of a dozen or so strips. When supplied to the trade in the latter form, besides the longitudinal binding means 8, terminal binding means I I may complete peripheral crimping assembly.

Instead of the pressure-uniting action of the binding 8 applicant has been able to effect assembly of the plies by perforations I2 (Fig. 5), and this when local to the margin leaves the central fluffing cushion. In using the strips, the pressure of the band 5 as along the cushion is thus away from the regions of binding for assembling the strips.

Improved appearance as well as efficient strips I3 economize in total material due to the tapering of the ends thereof.

Importance resides in having the strip unit porous, or of a texture which does not interfere with the ventilation of the skin. The built-up strip 6 or the tissue gauze crepe which does not fray-off nor lint, is an article which will not shed particles into the hair nor disfigure nor mar complexion treatments. Discarding after use, insures that the article has no problem as to being sanitary. However, cleansable strip l4 of flexible, porous unit mass, as a composition, or even sponge rubber, has attributes which may be favorably re- :eived by an individual for own use, but such hardly fits in to the all-around adaptability of the preferred disclosure hereunder.

What is claimed and it is desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A readily-conformable forehead-protector strip impressible on one side to be adapted to locate a band of a hairnet against lateral shifting therefrom, said strip approximating uniformity in material body throughout and effective within its thickness as conversely compressible from the other side to dissipate any localizing of pressure from the band against visible marking upon the face of the user.

2. A readily-conformable single-service sanitary forehead-protector porous strip of paper gauze plies of approximate uniformity in material body throughout, said strip being superficially non-linting off in the texture of the paper as to the hair of the user, being readily conformable on one side to a hairnet band and on the other side to dissipate any localizing of band pressure upon the face against discomfort to or visible marking of the face of the user, there being crepe interlocking coacting means maintaining the plies against relative shifting throughout their extent, and there being marginal binding interlocking reinforcing means supplementally further holding the plies of the strip to form as a unit.

3. In the art of hair dressing, a soft paper superficially non-linting forehead-protector strip of ventilation-providing surface contour of approximate uniformity in material body throughout, adapted on one side thereof to conform to and anchor a hairnet band in position, and on the other side conformable to the face of the user against localizing pressure from the band to mark the face of the user.

CLARA E. MCNUTT. 

